Brayton Point Coal-Fired Generating Station Will Be Repurposed To Support Offshore Wind

Clean Technica: The Brayton Point coal-fired generating station was one of the dirtiest polluters in New England for decades. Situated on the shores of Mount Hope Bay near Fall River, Massachusetts, it was responsible for 106 premature deaths annually, 1,140 emergency room visits each year, 28,900 asthma attacks per year, and 199,000 daily incidents of upper respiratory symptoms, according to a study by Harvard University.

Air pollution didn’t tell the whole story, however. According to a report by EcoRI, the intake of water from the bay was responsible for killing millions of fish and shellfish, as well as their larvae and eggs.

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